European snake-eyed skink - immature

European copper skink, Juniper skink, European snake-eyed skink - Ablepharus kitaibelii

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Another great species intro! Did you capture it by hand? Posted 10 years ago
1. Jivko Nakev
  
  Lion
  
  This one not, but the other one - yes. They are so movable, don't stop for a second. I wanted to lay down to get better angle of view, but in a seconds they are out of reach and are looking for a hole to hide. It was quite an emotion to capture them. Posted 10 years ago

The European copper skink

''Ablepharus kitaibelii'', the European copper skink, juniper skink or European snake-eyed skink, is a species of lizards from the skink family .

This small, slender lizard grows up to 15 centimetres long, and lives in Eastern Europe and southwestern Asia. It is native to Greece , Cyprus, Romania, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Albania, Slovakia, the Caucasus, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt and possibly Iraq. The ''fitzingeri'' subspecies.. more

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Similar species: Snakes And Lizards

Species identified by Jivko Nakev